North-West ExpeditionsReading Time: 4 minutesParenting is embracing a million tiny deaths, including your own Hellos and Good-byes He was super excited. His first time walking to school on his own. This is the magical end of grade four. Like all magic, the alchemy comes with a cost, a tiny, beautiful slice of a fee. In return for this amazing new […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhile I slowly query agents for my first book I’ve started on a new one about a Racoon named Dot. The characters are all based on animals that (more or less) live in my alley. This scene is based on a true story (that time I accidentally threw my keys into my dumpiest only to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesKids digging graves for kids. It is something out of a horror movie. Something from the Holocaust. It is Canadian history from very recent history.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNone of them are about cooking
Reading Time: 8 minutesEven when they’re not top performers
Reading Time: 3 minutesClarity creates calm and is required for performance
Reading Time: 5 minutesPassion is not enough
Reading Time: 4 minutesMistakes are less important than fighting back
Reading Time: 4 minutesTop performers drive quality communication
Reading Time: 4 minutesCommunication is key to success This article is from my list of nine surprising high performance lessons from Hell’s Kitchen. The show is chock full of swearing, apologies for any colourful language that finds its way in here. Summary Communication is key to winning in Hell’s Kitchen and elsewhere. From time to time we all struggle. Top […]